70 extra beds and homeless hubs in bid to tackle crisis
Eoghan Murphy THE provision of 70 new emergency beds has been announced in a bid to tackle the homeless crisis.
Eoghan Murphy also revealed two temporary family hubs will be rolled out in Galway and Louth in a sign the problem is spreading outside Dublin.
Plans are also in place for 1,000 fast-track apartments across several sites in the capital for social housing, while a separate 1,000 units being held by banks and financial institutions are being targeted for acquisition.
Mr Murphy said: “What we are seeing is a challenge around homelessness and preventing people from falling into homelessness outside of Dublin.
“The number of families in emergency accommodation fell last month in Dublin but there are issues developing in other parts of the country.
“A new solution being proposed by Mcverry Trust is a new type of family hub programme that can be rolled out on a pilot basis.
“That will help us deliver more family hub spaces to help us get more families out of hotels.”
The new measures also include a new national Housing Assistance Payment Scheme campaign that will be launched to address concerns identified in recent reports.